Email: chris.dehnel@patch.com
Bio: Chris is a founding editor at Patch who now covers the Vernon, Tolland, Manchester, Stafford-Willington, Glastonbury, Mansfield and Middletown sites in addition to UConn news and statewide business. Since becoming a full-time journalist in 1984, he has won national and regional awards for sports, general news, breaking news, business, feature writing and opinion, including a national award by the Associated Press Sports Editors for coverage of the 1988 America's Cup controversy while at the Greenwich Time newspaper and a regional award from the New England Press Association for covering the anti-income tax rally during the Weicker Administration in CT while at the Milford Citizen. While the business editor at the Journal Inquirer newspaper, Chris successfully won a CT Freedom of Information case that made teacher disciplinary records public record. Chris is also a past-president of the Eastern Ski Writers Association and has contributed to several books on snow sports. He is also a certified Level 1 coach with USA Lacrosse. and coaches Rockville High School during the winter indoor season.
Longtime news and sports photographer Jim Michaud was being remembered in north central Connecticut Tuesday, a day after his passing.
A pizza delivery driver is accused of implying his self-defense weapon was a real gun in Vernon, police said.
Patch's weekly CT Lottery roundup.
Vernon has two parades this weekend.
Dursus joins incoming freshmen Olivia Vukosa and Jovana Popovic as newcomers on UConn’s roster next season.
A Rockville Superior Court jury found a 44-year-old Willington woman guilty after a 2024 crash on Lakeview Drive in Coventry.
A surveillance image was released by the MPD Friday.
State police said Apollo, Zeke and Viper helped in a Tolland raid, a Middletown search and an Ashford arrest.
The King's Court by Vernon Coffee Roasters is officially open.
The UConn basketball great is now an in-state hall of famer.
Brooke Strauss has been honored by a major organization.
John Reiser received a serious recognition from a major organization.
The Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown serves as the final resting place for more than 16,000 veterans and family.
Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the public swimming season in Tolland.
Congressional funding will send UConn students to 10 countries with nearly $47,500 in scholarship support.
On the Thursday before Memorial Day, a Civil War remembrance ceremony takes place in Vernon.
A Manchester lawyer secured the party endorsement Thursday for the probate judge race in Manchester, Andover, Bolton and Columbia.
A familiar face is now running the Vernon Senior Center.
A car that left behind a path of destruction ended up against a tree after a wild ride in Tolland, state police said.
Vernon Animal Control is hosting a rabies vaccination clinic this weekend.
